info pages for make

helmut · 2009-01-13 20:14:39

Hello all,

I have successfully installed arch linux. The main tools I use is gcc/make/... I have found all the tools, but I have not found a way to install the info pages of make.

Can anybody give me a hint?

Thank you
Helmut

lang2 · 2009-01-14 00:51:12

Arch doesn't install docs. I don't agree with this myself. Hard drive is so cheap it's not worth it....
Documentation is always available online.

helmut · 2009-01-14 01:21:16

Oh yes. Arch installs a lot of documentation. All the infopages of emacs, gcc, g++, automake .... are available.

But the infopages of make are missing.

I am sure they are somewhere in the repo. The question is just WHERE?

Allan · 2009-01-14 02:27:15

I'm guessing that make has not been rebuilt since the policy of including docs was introduced. Rebuild make using ABS and you should get the info pages.

helmut · 2009-01-14 02:42:46

How can I rebuild make using ABS? Can you give me some hints?

Thanks
Helmut

Allan · 2009-01-14 02:43:38

Sure - not a hint but a full blown walkthrough...
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ABS

helmut · 2009-01-14 03:22:42

Thank you. I have tried it.

I have installed abs, run it, copied /var/abs/core/make into my userdir.

Then running makepkg -s I get the error:

==> ERROR: PKGBUILD does not exist

What went wrong?

helmut · 2009-01-14 03:39:30

Sorry, forget the error. I have been in the wrong directory.

Now the rebuild has been successful.

I can see the info pages with "info make".

The only thing I am still missing: I cannot see the info pages within emacs (ctrl h i).

But first of all thank you, because I have at least the info pages on my machine and can read the offline.

Has anybody an idea what I have to do to see the installed infopages in emacs?

Ranguvar · 2009-01-14 03:47:47

I did some searching and found on the GNU site the Emacs Wiki... from there, http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InfoMode

From there: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/InfoPath

Perhaps you can check that variable and compare it to where the info pages are stored for make?

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info pages for make

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